Papers from the 44th International Congress, South Africa
MEDUNSA: The rise and demise of South Africa’s second veterinary faculty
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Dr Neville Owen
Former Dean of Medunsa, South Africa
Keynote: Bloodlines and Bloodlies – The Equine Experiment in Africa
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Prof. Sandra Swart
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Regulating Rumensin: Defining Antibiotic Feeds in the U.S. in the Wake of Resistance
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Ms Nicole Welk-Joerger
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Jenner’s Zoological Perspective
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Prof. Abigail Woods
King's College London, United Kingdom
The Swiss Connection - A. Theiler and colleagues as an example of successful international veterinary cooperation
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Prof. Andreas Pospischil
Retired Veterinary Surgeon, Switzerland
Jaundice in sheep in South Africa – confusion and resolution
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Prof. Gareth Bath
Veterinary History Society, South Africa
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Request to cancel an appointment for the Civil Veterinary Service in the Dutch East Indies in 1890
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Dr Jons Straatman
VHG, Netherlands
The historical collections of the faculty of veterinary medicine in Munich: lost and hidden treasures
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Dr Veronika Goebel
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
South African Veterinary Bacteriologists
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Dr Maryke Henton
IDEXX, South Africa
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Eradicating Foot and Mouth Disease in North America, 1946-1954
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Dr Rebecca Kaplan
Science History Institute, USA
Puzriš-Dagan: Organization of an animal concentration centre during UR III period
Silvia Nicolas Alonso
Biblical and Oriental Institute of León, Spain
Notable veterinary parasitologists of South Africa
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Ms Heloise Heyne
Retired Technologist, South Africa
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Making Plague a Tropical Disease
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Dr Susan Jones
University of Minnesota, USA
Keynote: A brief historical overview of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and its historical relationship with countries in southern Africa
Dr Gideon Brückner
Retired Veterinary Surgeon, South Africa
Reduction of antibiotic use in farm animal and aquaculture production in Norway over the last 30 years
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Dr Halvor Hektoen
Head of R&D Department, Åkerblå AS
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A study of the ecology of anthrax in the Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Dr Valerius de Vos
South Africa
Collaboration between the veterinary schools of Utrecht and Onderstepoort -
A political history
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Dr Peter Koolmees
Utrecht University, Netherlands
Eminent South African Veterinary Virologists
Dr Daan Verwoerd
Retired Veterinary Surgeon, South Africa
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Heartwater: a simple disease with a peculiar distribution that has exasperated farmers and scientists for eons
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Prof. Ken Pettey
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Preserving South Africa’s veterinary history: a collaborative approach
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Mr David Swanepoel
Agricultural Research Centre, South Africa
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The history of East Coast fever in southern Africa
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Dr Ben Mans
Agricultural Research Centre, South Africa
Animal disease in iron-age and early medieval Western Europe: Knowledge, understanding and management
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Mr Patrick O’Reilly
Retired Veterinary Surgeon, Ireland